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I finished the series! Wow, it feels amazing to finish this multi-year project.
I am in awe of Proust's writing ability and his epic approach to storytelling. Admittedly, his writing style is dense; however, it signifies the importance of the significant level of detail that he provides over the course of the seven volumes in the series.
The book covers how time affects one's view of his past and the people met along the way and how self-reflection helps to explain one's actions and feelings tow ...more
I am in awe of Proust's writing ability and his epic approach to storytelling. Admittedly, his writing style is dense; however, it signifies the importance of the significant level of detail that he provides over the course of the seven volumes in the series.
The book covers how time affects one's view of his past and the people met along the way and how self-reflection helps to explain one's actions and feelings tow ...more
In this final book in the series, the narrator reflects on WWII and on the impact of the passing of time on the society figures he used to meet at fashionable soirées. He resolved to write a novel, and muses on the true purpose and nature of literature.
Having followed these characters through the previous works, it was quite poignant to read about them in old age or even after their deaths. The reflections on how the narrator still felt young, but was aware he was seen as old by others, were ve ...more
Having followed these characters through the previous works, it was quite poignant to read about them in old age or even after their deaths. The reflections on how the narrator still felt young, but was aware he was seen as old by others, were ve ...more
In Search of Lost Time started off strong - Swann's Way was a mind-blowing read. But, for me at least, it got a bit dull in later books. I've got to admit, by the time I got to The Prisoner and The Fugitive I was wondering why I was still plowing through these books.
Stick with it. The magic returns in Finding Time Again. It's beautiful and profound and downright inspiring. Six stars. ...more
Stick with it. The magic returns in Finding Time Again. It's beautiful and profound and downright inspiring. Six stars. ...more
I will write more later, but the final volume of Proust's novel is absolutely grand, moving, and exquisite.
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Dec 01, 2022
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